Parpetua Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Parpetua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Parpetua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon51:4,153,814129,697
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Parpetua (27) may also be a first name.

Parpetua Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Parpetua Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Parpetua is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Parpetua? popularity and diffusion

The last name Parpetua is the 7,117,718th most prevalent last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Parpetua are found; 71 percent are found in Central Africa and 71 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most numerous first name at a global level, borne by 27 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 4,153,814. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 100 percent are found. Not including Cameroon this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 14 percent are found and Kenya, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Perpetua883,391/
Perpeetua821/
Perpoetua821/
Perpetuo756,941/
Perpetwa7544/
Perpitua754/
Pérpetuo751/
Perpètua751/
Parpedwad711/
Perpatua633/
Perppethwaa631/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Parpetua
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